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April’s Briquette Yield Sold!
We have got great news to tell you! The entire April fuel briquette production has been purchased by our friends at WWF. 300 hundred sacks of fuel briquettes will be distributed to 6 IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps in Goma, through WWF’s emergency fund which provides the displaced people with a sustainable energy source. This program will go on for the following 3 months, and hopefully more funding will be available to continue until the end of this year. With WWF’s help, we will be able to keep purchasing the briquettes produced from those villagers who have been beneficiaries of our training and pressing machine kits.
Mercy Corps is in charge of the distribution, and together with Elisha (their environmental program leader) and her assistants from all 6 IDP camps around Goma, we went to the camp Mugunga 1 (1,700 families live there) to test people’s acceptance of the fuel briquettes. Until now, wood had been provided for their cooking.
Jean Bosco and Elisha preparing the local dishes in the Mercy Corps’ improved clay stove
Roy: driver, Park Ranger, and great briquette collaborator, cooking the local dish fufu with a displaced woman from Mugunga 1
Food ready, everybody had a taste of what was prepared with the fuel briquettes!
An eager crowd waiting for their fuel briquette samples to take home
Of course 300 fuel briquette sacks is too little to provide for the whole refugee camp. So for the moment both fuel briquettes and wood will be distributed.
Remember that we are installing 100 new briquette machines every month to reach our target of 1,000 pressing machines on the ground by the end of this year. Therefore we are hoping to increase our fuel briquette production on a monthly basis, so we are aiming at selling 400 sacks in May, and 600 sacks in June.
Most importantly however, we need your help: if you haven’t seen already, last week we launched an appeal for donations to buy 100 more briquette presses and kits.
Thank you for all your support!
Update from Samantha: Thank you for all your donations! I have listed you all below:
Donations up to $50
Shawn McC,Jessica F,Nicole W,alberto g,John C,Abby F,alberto g,Miriam P,Meghan H,Andy B,Laura F,Emily H,Andrew G,Tina G,Tina G,Tina G,daniela c,Elizabeth K P,Vanessa B,Robin L H,Igor M,Rahula G,Zoe M,Judith G,Debbie C,Elizabeth R,Rosalie de M,Martine G,Stephen L,Karin K,Dudley S,robert b,Michelle W,Theresa S,david w,Maureen B,Suzannah B,Jeanine D,Pirjo I,Nora H,Jan D,Dana D,,Michelle H,chris n,Jennifer D,Stephen D,Sue D S,Andrew D,Carol Y.
Donations $51 to $100
John C,Cindy C,Kathy S,James C,Roaney G,Sean P,Vincent P,Jennifer M,John M,TINA C,Kathleen B, Alison W, Geoffrey T,Leslie S,Vitra G,Andrew P,Kumiko T,Patricia S.
Donations over $101
Ariane B, Laurette D,Eleanor,Happy Hollow,Avery J,maria susana p,Selina S,Michael P,Jan Mark L,Jean Luc P,Kristin K,Douglas J,Jacqueline T.
And a special thanks to Gary W for a check for $5,000.
Thanks to all. You can see we are getting closer to the target daily…
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7 Responses to “April’s Briquette Yield Sold!”
Fantastic news, Sam. Thanks for the encouraging update.
ihappy to hear that and i think that all that people in the refugee camp will apreciate the fuel briquette and will continue to use it when they be back in their respective village…
[...] briquettes are currently being sold in the local markets in Goma, and last month 300 sacks have also been purchased by WWF to provide refugees with an alternative energy source in the IDP [...]
[...] production output is being sold. Both April and May’s stock was delivered to the five refugee camps in Goma (Bulengo, Mugunga 1, Mugunga 2, Mugunga 3 and Kibati). WWF is purchasing our monthly yield [...]
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ihappy to hear that and i think that all that people in the refugee camp will apreciate the fuel briquette and will continue to use it when they be back in their respective village…
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